Garment-form.



I. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 20, 1913.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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I. LEVIN.

GARMENT FORM.

APPL-IUATION FILED DEC. 20, 1913. 1,102,597, Patented July 7, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS ((7. PHUTU-LITHO WASHINGTON U U 'rriin STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC LEVIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FORM.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC LEVIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Forms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in garmentforms and is herein shown as applied to a collapsible or foldable garmentform; that is to say, that class in which the skirt portion is made up of yieldable movably connected members which, when the form is rotated, will collapse in order that the form can be packed or stored in a small space.

My invention consists of a specially designed brace or framework, which isjapplied to the skirt portion, preferably at the bottom and adapted to not only brace the skirt portion, but also to permit the form to be tilted at an angle relative to the supporting rod, which tilting will cause the center of the skirt portion to move to a position eccentric to the supporting rod.

lVhile in the tilted position the collapsible variety of garment forms cannot be completely folded, and it is necessary to cause the form to move to a vertical position, that is to say, to bring the center of the skirt portion and center of the supporting rod, around which the form is rotated to collapse the skirt portion, in alinement. For this purpose my improved frame is arranged to hold the form at an angle relative to the supporting rod and-to cause the form to assume a vertical position when the said form is to be collapsed. My improved frame is also adapted to alter the tilt of the form to which it is applied.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail and finally claim its 'essential features, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein a Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dress form, the skirt portion being broken away to show my improvement, the said form being tilted; Fig. 2 is a similar View, partly in section, showing the form in a vertical position; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view, the section being, taken on a line 4r4c in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view, the section being taken on a line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of a portion of my im 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July *7, 1914:-

Application filed December 20, 1913. Serial No. 807,861.

proved brace or frame; Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the support engaging members and a portion of two of the brace arms adjustably secured thereto; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the locking means for the brace members; Fig. 8 1s a side view thereof; Fig. 9 is a side view, on a reduced. scale, of the form collapsed; and Fig. 10 is a fragmentary plan View of another form of brace or framework.

The form herein illustrated comprises a bust-portion 1, and a collapsible skirt-portion 2, which consists of a plurality of band members 3 and vertical members 4: pivotally secured thereto, at 5, the said form being carried by a support consisting of a rod 6 carried by a stand 7, the rod 6 supporting a tubular member 8 which carries the form.

The tube 8 is held in adjusted positions by: a set-screw 9. The form isrotatably sup-- connected to the arms 14 and15 in this instance by thumbor wing-nuts 16 engaging threaded pins 17 carried by the members 13, the said pins passing through'slots 18 in the arms 14 and 15. The above described method is but one of many ways by which the said members can be adjustably connected, and I do not desire to limit myself tothe precise form shown.

Tobind or look themembers of the brace or frame together, that is to say, the halves A and B, I employ a releasable latch, carried by one of said halves, adapted to bind the halves together when the sockets 19 of the frame-members 13 are in engagement with the rod6, as shown in Fig. 3. Such a latch is indicated by 20 and consists of a plate 20 pivoted at 21, to the half B, carrying downwardly projecting lips 22, 22, spaced apart sufliciently to permit them to be forced downwardly over the adjacent portion of the frame members A and B when the members 13 engage the rod 6. When the latch is forced home as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the frame members will be securely held and the form maintained in an inclined position as shown in Fig. 1. When the form is to be collapsed, as shown in Fig. 9, the latch will be swung upwardly, leaving the halves A and B free to be moved apart.

JAfter the latch has been moved upwardly far enough to cause the lips 22 to clear the frame 12 the lower band 3 may be swung outwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, until the sockets 19 clear the rod 6, at which time the form can be moved to the vertical position center of-the lower-band 3.

said sockets are caused to engage the'rod 6.

Should it be desirable, however, to alter the inclination of the form, the thumb nuts 16 would be loosened and the members'13, 13 moved backwardly or forwardly which action would change the position of the socket portions of the members 13 relative to the For some classesfof garment-forms the sockets 19 may be made in the halves A and 'B, that is to say, the adjustable members 13 can be omitted, and the members 14: and 15 of each arm made integral with the center portion 23 connecting the same (see Fig. Regardless of the form in which the arms of the frame may be embodied the socket portions 19 will always be out of center. As the band 3 is resilient, it is an easy matter to spring it to cause the arms to separate or come together.

To facilitate the manipulation of the frame the members thereof are preferably made out of the same class of material as the skirt portion, that is to say, resilient. strips.

Having now described, my invention in detail, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. dress-form having a yieldable lower Copies of this patent maybe obtained for band-member, and a plurality of independent braces extending across said band-member from end to end, a supporting-rod and means to releasably lock said braces in engagement with the supporting-rod.

2. In combination with a skirt-form, a supporting rod therefor, a plurality of adjustable braces extending across the. form from end to end, in a horizontal plane and means for locking the braces together in engagementwith the supporting-rod of the form. 1 I

3. In combination with a skirt form and a supporting rod therefor, means carried by said skirt form adapted to releasably engage said rod, said means consisting of a plurality of yieldable frame members extending across the form from end to end and provided with sockets in alinement, said secured at their ends to the skirt-form, and Y sockets being eccentric to the center of said form and a-releasable latch adapted to lock said frame members together after the sockets therein have been caused to engage said supporting rod. a

4. In combination with a tiltable skirtform and aisupporting rod therefor, a plurality of resilient braces extending across said skirt form on opposite sides of the supporting rod, said braces being provided with sockets adapted to engage said rod, said sockets beincr located eccentric to the center of the skirt form, said skirt form being free to be tilted until said sockets engage said supporting rod. v

'5. A. dress-form comprising a plurality of vertical members and a plurality of bandmembers pivotally connected thereto, the lower band-member being yieldable and pro- :vided withv a bracing frame consistingof a plurality of separable socketed members embracing the supporting-rod of the form, the-free ends of said members being secured to the said lower band-member, and releasable means for lockingthe said socketed imembers together.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 18th day of December, 1913.

, ISAAC LEVIN.

l/Vitnesses:

MAURICE BLOCK,

, RUTI-IdWEYERS.

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